Homeless Cat -- Now Spotacus' Legacy
On 18 Dec, a very large cat showed up at our house. It was late and cold, and he looked in the door and made it clear he wanted inside. Well, since we have two cats already and he was a stranger, we...
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Getting a bit calmer around here. Just a couple more Mom medical appts, then nothing for a whole month. The salt cell for our pool is supposed to be installed today, and then I can finally get the pool ready for use. Our barrier free shower is finally, finally finished and functional. And most important, our insurance paid for the solar panel microinverters to be replaced; just need to get that scheduled.
What's that about, you ask? Back in Feb, a 300 watt power surge shot down the electric line and fried 26 of our 50 solar panels' microinverters before the system shut itself off. At least nothing inside the house got fried. But it's taken until now to get the solar panel company to sort out what was broken and what it would cost to fix. We will also be asking them to install a surge protector between the power line and the solar array, since we've definitely learned that lesson...
A few weeks ago, and again last Thursday, we had severe weather that snapped a lot of tree branches; Thursday included a tornado one mile west of us that we couldn't even hear for the hail pounding sideways under our porch roof and into the windows (nothing broke). So we've got an arborist coming in regularly, working on all our trees. The ones he's done so far look magnificent - we didn't know we had that many speciman oaks.
Now we're both recovering from a 72-hour nose runs like a faucet virus, followed by several days of coughing up phlegm. We never felt sick, just went through boxes and boxes of tissues.
My beloved F-150 is in the shop for two failing O2 sensors and a wiring issue in one window. Should get him back first thing tomorrow.
Czarny's enjoying the lovely weather, although he'd still prefer I was outside with him...
The wildflowers are profuse, in spite of us still being in extreme drought. The barn swallows are back and nesting, the hummingbirds nag me for refills regularly, and the fox family is around (we hear, just haven't seen). One doe is very pregnant and thoroughly exploring the meadow.
Life's pretty good, all things considered. And now it's time to go work at the library. Later, y'all.
What's that about, you ask? Back in Feb, a 300 watt power surge shot down the electric line and fried 26 of our 50 solar panels' microinverters before the system shut itself off. At least nothing inside the house got fried. But it's taken until now to get the solar panel company to sort out what was broken and what it would cost to fix. We will also be asking them to install a surge protector between the power line and the solar array, since we've definitely learned that lesson...
A few weeks ago, and again last Thursday, we had severe weather that snapped a lot of tree branches; Thursday included a tornado one mile west of us that we couldn't even hear for the hail pounding sideways under our porch roof and into the windows (nothing broke). So we've got an arborist coming in regularly, working on all our trees. The ones he's done so far look magnificent - we didn't know we had that many speciman oaks.
Now we're both recovering from a 72-hour nose runs like a faucet virus, followed by several days of coughing up phlegm. We never felt sick, just went through boxes and boxes of tissues.
My beloved F-150 is in the shop for two failing O2 sensors and a wiring issue in one window. Should get him back first thing tomorrow.
Czarny's enjoying the lovely weather, although he'd still prefer I was outside with him...
The wildflowers are profuse, in spite of us still being in extreme drought. The barn swallows are back and nesting, the hummingbirds nag me for refills regularly, and the fox family is around (we hear, just haven't seen). One doe is very pregnant and thoroughly exploring the meadow.
Life's pretty good, all things considered. And now it's time to go work at the library. Later, y'all.
